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Jīva (Jainism)

The Jīva or Atman (/ˈɑːtmən/; Sanskrit:आत्मन्) is a philosophical term used within Jainism to identify the soul. It is one's true self (hence generally translated into English as 'Self') beyond identification with the phenomenal reality of worldly existence. As per the Jain cosmology, jīva or soul is also the principle of sentience and is one of the tattvas or one of the fundamental substances forming part of the universe. According to The Theosophist, "some religionists hold that Atman (Spirit) and Paramatman (God) are one, while others assert that they are distinct ; but a Jain will say that Atman and Paramatman are one as well as distinct." In Jainism, spiritual disciplines, such as abstinence, aid in freeing the jīva "from the body by diminishing and finally extinguishing the functions of the body."
Jain philosophy is essentially dualistic. It differentiates two substances, the self and the non-self.

Real Self

On the Soul

On the Soul (GreekΠερὶ Ψυχῆς, Perì Psūchês; LatinDe Anima) is a major treatise by Aristotle on the nature of living things. His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by their different operations. Thus plants have the capacity for nourishment and reproduction, the minimum that must be possessed by any kind of living organism. Lower animals have, in addition, the powers of sense-perception and self-motion (action). Humans have all these as well as intellect.

Aristotle holds that the soul (psyche, ψυχή) is the form, or essence of any living thing; that it is not a distinct substance from the body that it is in. That it is the possession of soul (of a specific kind) that makes an organism an organism at all, and thus that the notion of a body without a soul, or of a soul in the wrong kind of body, is simply unintelligible. (He argues that some parts of the soul—the intellect—can exist without the body, but most cannot.) It is difficult to reconcile these points with the popular picture of a soul as a sort of spiritual substance "inhabiting" a body. Some commentators have suggested that Aristotle's term soul is better translated as lifeforce.

+/- (band)

+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an Americanindietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures. The group has released two albums on each of the American indie labels Teenbeat Records and Absolutely Kosher, and their track "All I do" was prominently featured in the soundtrack for the major film Wicker Park. The group has developed a devoted following in Japan and Taiwan, and has toured there frequently. Although many artists append bonus tracks onto the end of Japanese album releases to discourage purchasers from buying cheaper US import versions, the overseas versions of +/- albums are usually quite different from the US versions - tracklists can be rearranged, artwork with noticeable changes is used, and tracks from the US version can be replaced as well as augmented by bonus tracks.

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!!!

!!! is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California, in 1996 by lead singer Nic Offer. Its name is most commonly pronounced "Chk Chk Chk" ([/tʃk.tʃk.tʃk/]). Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. They are currently based in New York City, Sacramento, and Portland, Oregon. The band's sixth full-length album, As If, was released in October 2015.

Background and history

!!! is an American band formed in the summer of 1995 by the merger of part of the group Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. After a successful joint tour, these two teams decided to mix the disco-funk with more aggressive sounds and integrate the hardcore singer Nic Offer from the The Yah Mos. The band's name was inspired by the subtitles of the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, in which the clicking sounds of the Bushmens' Khoisan language were represented as "!". However, as the bandmembers themselves say, !!! is pronounced by repeating thrice any monosyllabic sound. "Chk Chk Chk" is the most common pronunciation, which the URL of their official website and the title of their Myspace page suggest is the preferred pronunciation.

The Band

If you say you're the ring finger on my stoneWell I say I'm a kite with a keyIf you say that you are unsure of thingsWell I'm not accepting defeatAre we strong enoughIs it good enoughAm I brave enoughFor the both of usI will sing you songsEven though you can't put 'em on your fingerI'll never be a diamond mine, I'm just a singerI will sing you songsWishing my words carried on as long as a stoneOn a band of goldYou're sleepwalking through the daylightHow else am I supposed to follow a dreamAnd now you say I can't wait on you to connect these handsBut I'm still trying to reachSo are we strong enoughIs it good enoughYou pray hard enoughFor the both of usI will sing you songsEven though you can't put 'em on your fingerI'll never be a diamond mine, I'm just a singerI will sing you songsWishing my words carried on as long as a stoneOn a band of gold'Cause I'm just a rolling stone in a band on the roadI know words don't meanMuch on their ownBut what I sing to youIs worth more than a stoneI will sing you songsEven though you can't put 'em on your fingerI'll never be a diamond mine, I'm just a singerI will sing you songsWishing my words carried on as long as a stoneOn a band of gold'Cause I'm just a rolling stone in a band on the roadYou said you want a stoneOn a band of goldWhat you got is a rolling stoneIn a band on the roadYeah I'm just a rolling stone in a band on the roadI haven't seen the sun in daysMan, it's getting to meWell that's our industryI lost my happy thoughtsCaught up in a treeFlying's harder for me nowAnd kiss my ass you dreamI hope you're hearing meNo one's bet on you quite like I didIt's taken everything I've gotTo keep myself on the roadI don't wanna drive no moreI am a stubborn bullI am a cavemanA cheap tattooGone from black to blueSo I don't wanna hear it from youNever gonna be a spacemanSitting on my tin canNever come backI spend my afternoonsMaking masterpiecesPeople would later understandWell damn you wishing wellYou should've told meI bought dreams you wouldn't sellIt's taken everything I've godTo keep my hands from my faceI don't wanna cry no moreI found dangers inActing outDreams never meantTo be carried outOh, but I am the stubborn bullYeah, I am a cavemanA cheap tattooFading from black to blueSo I don't wanna hear it from you